British Clubs in Argentina and Uruguay (1904-1929)

European Clubs in Argentina and Uruguay (1914-1935) (link to separate file)

Explanation

General Remarks

These files contain the matches played by European teams during their trips to Argentina and Uruguay.

Many scorers are not available. The European scorers are written in black and the Argentinean (or Uruguayan) scorers in blue.

The period included begins in 1904, when the first British professional team (Southampton) arrived at the Río de La Plata.

Until 1930 the Argentinean teams were amateur. Professional football was introduced in 1931.

Combinados

"Combinado" denotes something like "All-Star Team". There are "combinados" from countries, cities and leagues.

We list the following more detailed explanations on some of the team names occurring here:

• Británicos: a team formed by British players that played in the Argentinean League during the first years of the 20th Century.
• Argentinos: a team formed by Argentinean players from the Argentinean League during the first years of the 20th Century.
• Liga Argentina: an all-star team of the Argentinean League.
• Liga Uruguaya: an all-star team of the Uruguayan League.
• Universitarios: a team formed by university student players.
• Liga Rosarina: an all-star team of the Rosario League (from Rosario, Santa Fe).
• Combinado Norte: a team formed by players from teams from Northern Buenos Aires.
• Combinado Sur: a team formed by players from teams from Southern Buenos Aires.
• Argentina: a team resembling the Argentina national team, mostly formed by players from Buenos Aires and sometimes with players from Rosario or Santa Fe. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether these teams were a real national Team or just an all-Star team from the League (the same situation happened with Uruguay).
• Combinado "Provincia": a team formed by players from Greater Buenos Aires and La Plata teams.
• Combinado "Capital": a team formed by players from Buenos Aires City teams.
• Combinado Ligas del Interior: a team formed by players from Regional Leagues.

SOUTHAMPTON (1904)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
26-Jun	Buenos Aires	Alumni	3-0	34' T. Bluff, 72' Carlos Brown -og-, 88' G.A. Hedley
3-Jul	Buenos Aires	"Británicos"	10-0	C. Webb (2), G.A. Hedley (2), T. Bluff (3), J. Fraser,
				A.E. Houlker
6-Jul	Buenos Aires	Belgrano A.C.	6-1	T. Bluff (4), B, Richards, G.A. Hedley - Arthur Forrester (Bel).
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	"Argentinos"	8-0	T. Bluff (4), J. Fraser (2), A.E. Houlker, W. Whiting
10-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	5-3	T. Bluff (3), F.H. Mouncher, J. Fraser - 5' P. Hooton, 45'30''
				Jorge Gibson Brown
?-Jul	Montevideo	Liga Uruguaya	8-1	Pena (Liga Uruguaya)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (1905)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
11-Jun	Montevideo	Peñarol	6-1	Pena (Teutonia)
16-Jun	Rosario	Rosario Central-Rosario A.C.	5-0
18-Jun	Buenos Aires	Belgrano A.C.	7-0	F. Lessons, F.S. Shearman (4), T.O. Davies
22-Jun	Buenos Aires	"Británicos"	13-1	F. Lessons (4), F.S. Shearman (4), T.B. Nibblo (2), W.A. Spouncer,
				T.O. Davies, T. Clifford - S.U. Leonard
?-Jun	Buenos Aires	Rosario Central-Rosario A.C.	6-0
?-Jun	Buenos Aires	Alumni	6-0	A.A. Mack -og- (only scorer available)
29-Jun	Buenos Aires	"Argentinos"	5-0
2-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	9-1	P. Hooton (Liga Argentina)
SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (1906) (*)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
22-Jun	Buenos Aires	"Universitarios"	14-0
24-Jun	Buenos Aires	Alumni	0-1	16' Alfredo Brown
	(Soc. Sportiva)		(First victory of an Argentinian team against an extracontinental team)
29-Jun	Buenos Aires	Belgrano A.C.	6-0	(abandoned at 75' due to rain)
1-Jul	Rosario	Liga Rosarina	9-0
8-Jul	Buenos Aires	"Británicos"	4-1	P. Hooton (Británicos)
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	"Argentinos"	1-0	goal at 65' -scorer missing-
12-Jul	Buenos Aires	Estudiantes de Buenos Aires	3-2	G. Hartigan, R. Tyler (2) - T. Dwyer, T. González
15-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	4-1	H.J. Henman, W.T. Mason (2), R.F. Thorne - C.H. Whaley (Liga Argentina)
18-Jul	Montevideo	Liga Uruguaya	6-1	Rincón (Liga Uruguaya)
22-Jul	Buenos Aires	Alumni	2-0	G. Hartigan, H.J. Henman
26-Jul	Buenos Aires	Quilmes	5-1	Wells (Quilmes)
(*) Team formed by British amateur players belonging to the South African F.A.
EVERTON (1909)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
10-Jun	Buenos Aires	Alumni	4-0	Bert Freeman (4)
13-Jun	Montevideo	Liga Uruguaya	2-1	Bert Freeman, Lacey - Bracchi
20-Jun	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	4-1	C.H. Whaley (Liga Argentina)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (1909)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
10-Jun	Montevideo	Liga Uruguaya	8-0
13-Jun	Buenos Aires	"Argentinos"	1-0	Mac Connon
16-Jun	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	4-1	Jorge Gibson Brown (Liga Argentina)
20-Jun	Rosario	Liga Rosarina	9-0
24-Jun	Buenos Aires	Alumni	5-0	Curtis, Macfarlane, Morris, Minter (2)
Everton and Tottenham Hotspur played two matches "face to face":
6-Jun	Buenos Aires	Everton 2 - Tottenham Hotspur 2
19-Jun	Buenos Aires	Everton 4 - Tottenham Hotspur 0
SWINDON TOWN (1912)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
16-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Norte"	2-2	A. Bown, R. Jefferson - A.P. Watson Hutton, J.M Castelao
	(Gimnasia y Esgrima)
22-Jun	Buenos Aires	San Isidro	4-1	J. Burkinshaw (only scorer available)
23-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Sud"	2-0
29-Jun	Rosario	Liga Rosarina	3-1	C. Guidi (Liga Rosarina)
30-Jun	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	2-2
4-Jul	Buenos Aires	Estudiantes de Buenos Aires	4-0
?-Jul	Montevideo	Liga Uruguaya	3-0
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-0	J. Jefferson
EXETER CITY (1914)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
14-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Norte"	0-1	A.A. Ochandío
			(first victory for an Argentine team against a British team)
21-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Sud"	3-0	Hoult, A. Hunter, Loveth
24-Jun	Buenos Aires	Racing Club	2-0	Hoult, F. Marschall
28-Jun	Rosario	Liga Rosarina	3-1	85' M.P. González (Liga Rosarina)
29-Jun	Avellaneda	"Combinado"	5-0
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	3-0	N. Goodwin, A. Hunter (one scorer missing)
11-Jul	Buenos Aires	"Argentinos"	0-0	(abandoned due to invation to the field)
12-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	3-1	M.P. González (Liga Argentina)
THIRD LANARK (1923)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
10-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Norte"	0-1
17-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Sud"	3-1
19-Jun	Montevideo	Uruguay	1-1
24-Jun	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-1
29-Jun	Buenos Aires	Independiente	1-2
1-Jul	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Provincia"	3-2
4-Jul	Montevideo	Peñarol	2-0
8-Jul	Buenos Aires	Combinado Argentina-Uruguay	3-2
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (1924)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
22-Jun	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-0	19' P. Cherret
	(Sportivo Barracas)
29-Jun	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-3	17', 27' Gabino Sosa, 61' Manuel Seoane
	(Sportivo Barracas)
4-Jul	Montevideo	Uruguay	4-0
6-Jul	Rosario	Combinado Rosarino	0-0
	(Newell's Old Boys)
8-Jul	Buenos Aires	Combinado Rosarino	1-2	67' M. Russel -pk- - 40', 83' E. Celli
	(Boca Juniors)
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	0-0
	(Boca Juniors)
13-Jul	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-0	52' A. Rowe
	(Boca Juniors)
?-Jul	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-1	10' Manuel Seoane
	(Sportivo Barracas)
MOTHERWELL (1928)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
13-May	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Capital"	0-1	Spósito
	(River Plate)
15-May	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Provincia"	1-2	Barañano, Arrillaga (Provincia)
20-May	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-3	Maglio, Spósito, Marassi (Argentina)
	(Sportivo Barracas)
25-May	Avellaneda	Liga Rosarina	4-3	MacFady (3), Stevenson - Bussolini, Peruch, Indaco
	(Independiente)
?	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina	3-0
	(Boca Juniors)
?	Buenos Aires	Combinado Argentina-Uruguay	3-0
	(River Plate)
?	Avellaneda	Combinado Ligas del Interior	4-1
	(Racing Club)
?	?	Liga Rosarina	3-2
9-Jul	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	0-2
CHELSEA (1929)
Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
25-May	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Capital"	3-2
26-May	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Provincia"	0-4
31-May	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-0
	(River Plate)
2-Jun	Buenos Aires	Combinado "Capital"	2-3
?-Jun	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo de Almagro	2-0
?-Jun	Montevideo	Peñarol	1-2
15-Jun	Avellaneda	Independiente	1-1
	(Independiente)
16-Jun	Rosario	Combinado Rosarino	1-2
16-Jun	Santa Fe	Unión	1-5
20-Jun	Avellaneda	Racing Club	0-1
?-Jun	Buenos Aires	Estudiantil Porteño	3-2
?	Montevideo	Montevideo Wanderers	1-0

Source: Historia del Fútbol Argentino, various authors, Editorial Eiffel, Buenos Aires, 1958.

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